gōu​lóu​bìng

rickets

gōu, kòu, jū rickets

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangqʰoːs

說文解字

務也。从人句聲。

Sources

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Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
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Academia Sinica

lóu, lǚ, liǔ humpback Simplified

Components

Meaning component
rén person

person

Sound component
lóu, lǚ, lǘ surname

Sources

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Unicode

bìng illness

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
sick
Sound component
bǐng third

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartbjaengH[b]raŋ-s extreme illness

說文解字

《說文》:“病,疾加也。从疒,丙聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
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Baxter-Sagart
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Academia Sinica

humpback Traditional

Components

Meaning component
rén person

person

Sound component
surname

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangɡ·roː
ɡ·roːs
ɡ·roʔ
Unicodeliǒ

說文解字

尫也。从人婁聲。周公韈僂,或言背僂。

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Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica